FILE PHOTO: US architect Ieoh Ming Pei gestures as he explains a model of his design for the German Historical Museum in Berlin to German Housing and Construction Minister Klaus Toepfer during a presentation in the chancellory in Bonn, Germany January 16, 1997. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
(Reuters) - I.M. Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died, the New York Times reported on Thursday. He was 102.
Pei, whose portfolio included a controversial renovation of Paris' Louvre Museum and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, died overnight, his son Chien Chung Pei told the newspaper.
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